The New Jersey Devils signed forward Bobby Butler to a one-year, two-way contract Thursday.

The former New Hampshire player had six goals and 10 assists in 56 regular-season games for the Ottawa Senators last season. In two seasons with the Sens, he had 16 goals and 21 assists in 94 games.

As a collegiate player at New Hampshire, Butler had 61 goals and 60 assists in 153 games, including 29 goals as a senior. That's part of the reason GM Lou Lamoriello sees top-six potential in the 25-year-old.

“There’s no question he was goal scorer in college and certainly in the first (36) games in Ottawa his first year,” Lamoriello told NJ.com on Thursday.

“He showed he can score and then for whatever reason, and these things happen when there’s a coaching change, he didn’t get as much as ice time (only 11:28 per game after playing 15:25 per game in 2010-11)—not through anyone’s fault."